There is a beast in the bright morning.

After obtaining the Divine Mark Purple Gold from the Little Fire Dragon, Hao Chen couldn't wait to fuse it with his brick weapon to repair it.

Not having a suitable weapon made Hao Chen, who preferred to use dirty tricks and surprise attacks, feel somewhat uncomfortable.

So, Hao Chen hurriedly returned to the deer shop and said to the four-legged creature, "Four-legged creature, I have to go out for a while. Don't wait for me for dinner."

Without waiting for the four-legged creature to ask why, Hao Chen hurriedly pulled the little fire dragon out again.

Sitting on the enlarged Hao Chen's back, the little fire dragon was overjoyed. He thought to himself that if he had known this would help him get closer to his older brother, he would have taken out the immortal gold much earlier.

Feeling the little fire dragon rubbing against his back, Hao Chen was speechless and had an urge to throw the little fire dragon off.

If it weren't for the little fire dragon saying it had a way to enhance the power of his weapon, transforming his brick into a Dao weapon, imprinting it with his Dao and principles, and growing together with him, Hao Chen wouldn't have agreed to let the little fire dragon run amok on his back.

Soon, under the guidance of the little fire dragon, Hao Chen arrived at Nanshan. Looking at Nanshan, which he had designated as a forbidden area, Hao Chen still felt uneasy and walked cautiously.

They feared that some strange creature might suddenly appear, or that an interdimensional portal might suddenly appear and suck them in.

"Little Fire Dragon, is it necessary to come here to repair a weapon?"

"Big brother, have you forgotten? This place is a treasure trove. Countless emperors and sovereigns were buried here in ancient times. There are even supreme imperial weapons and ancient imperial weapons left here."

As the little dragon spoke, it wiped the drool from the corner of its mouth: "If I weren't so weak, I would definitely be an archaeology expert, hehehe!"

Listening to the little dragon's words and seeing its lewd expression, Hao Chen suddenly felt a sense of familiarity. (Caiyun Mountain Animals: Ah, right, right, isn't this just like you, the Pixiu who always borrows things and doesn't return them?)

"Alright, stop daydreaming in broad daylight. What are we here for?" Hao Chen tapped the little fire dragon on the head, interrupting his fantasy.

"Ahem!" After regaining his senses, the little fire dragon coughed awkwardly a few times and explained, "Big brother, there is a hidden altar here. With the help of this altar, we can better refine weapons."

After saying that, the little dragon kept pinching the unknown mark with its claws, its three little claws flying up and down so fast that they formed double images.

Hao Chen initially had no idea what the little fire dragon was up to, but soon, to Hao Chen's astonishment, streams of scorching golden-red flames, like the blazing sun, surged from the little fire dragon's body, enveloping it in a fireball.

The fireball radiated intense heat, like a sun fallen to earth, its golden-red flames seemingly resonating with a strange space in Nanshan.

"boom!"

A loud bang echoed through the void, which then shattered, revealing a terrifying, pitch-black crack that seemed to scare one's very soul into its depths.

Then a magnificent and sacred altar flew out from it, inscribed with numerous runes. Under the blessing of the runes, the altar continuously absorbed and exhaled massive amounts of the essence of heaven and earth, displaying a magnificent and dazzling spectacle.

Before Hao Chen could even think about how the altar came to be, the next moment, the little fire dragon's voice came from the fireball: "Big brother, take out your weapon and the Divine Mark Purple Gold."

Upon hearing this, Hao Chen immediately took out a black brick covered in cracks, as well as the Divine Mark Purple Gold he had obtained from the Little Fire Dragon.

Seeing that Hao Chen was ready, the little fire dragon began its next move. The golden-red fireball suddenly burst into flames, which shot up to five or six meters high.

The next moment, the flames shattered like glass, revealing a small fire dragon inside—no, a fire-breathing dragon.

Before Hao Chen could speak, the fire-breathing dragon suddenly sat down cross-legged, calmed its mind, and began chanting scriptures.

The grand chanting of sutras resounded throughout the heavens, and the runes on the altar emitted a brilliant light amidst the chanting, resonating with the sun in the sky.

In an instant, the sunlight shone brightly, and endless essence of the sun descended from the sky, illuminating the altar with golden rays.

At this moment, Jinwu Jinshi, who had transformed into the sun, was completely bewildered. He discovered that his power was being continuously drained, and the speed was even increasing.

Jin Shi shouted angrily, "Who dares to draw upon my great sun essence? Aren't you afraid of incurring great karmic consequences?"

However, no one could answer Jin Shi's question. In order to prevent the sun from going out, Jin Shi had no choice but to exert all his divine power to refine more of the sun's essence.

Suddenly, the bricks and divine marks on the altar shone brightly, and streams of divine order flowed from the divine marks into the bricks.

"Not enough, Ultimate Form, activate!"

Charizard roared again, then Mega Evolved into a blue-black Mega Charizard X, its power surging instantly.

The next moment, a miniature badge of courage suddenly appeared on Charizard's forehead, and then its wings were covered with a layer of blue Chrono Digizoid in a burst of light, and its body shone like a gem.

Hao Chen was stunned when he saw this: "This is Tai Crystallization?! Chrono Digital Alloy?!"

However, that wasn't all. Charizard's previously somewhat large belly suddenly slimmed down, its limbs became longer and stronger, and a row of triangular spikes grew on its back.

Hao Chen was once again utterly shocked: "This is X-evolution?!"

"roar~"

Suddenly, the Charizard let out a roar, and an aura that reached the heavens and the earth spread out. The Charizard even emitted a very faint aura of extreme power, causing the surrounding space to creak as if it could not withstand the pressure of the Charizard.

"This aura is terrifying and violent, and incredibly hot, like facing the sun directly!"

After sensing Charizard's aura, Hao Chen realized that Charizard hadn't used its full strength when it fought the Holy Ape King.

Hao Chen even suspected that Charizard was not going all out at this moment, since Hao Chen could sense that Charizard had already undergone Mega Evolution, Ultra Crystallization, Chrono Digizoid, and X-Evolution.

That's what's obvious. It's like Gigantamax and Z-Moves from Pokémon; Burst Mode from Digimon; or even other moves. Hao Chen felt that Charizard had no reason not to know them.

"Brother, stop standing there! Quickly use your lifeblood to refine it!"

The sound of the fire-breathing dragon came, and Hao Chen came back to his senses. He saw that the divine marks and purple gold on the altar had disappeared, and his brick had been completely restored.

Although the bricks were still predominantly black, they now had purple lines that seemed to outline a Dao diagram, as if they were born from the beginning, illustrating the Dao, principles, laws, and techniques of the universe.

Upon seeing this, Hao Chen quickly stepped forward, activated his divine power, and spat out a mouthful of his heart's essence blood, spraying it onto the brick.

After the brick was soaked with Hao Chen's essence blood, the purple patterns on it suddenly changed, as if the purple color had been washed away, and two yin and yang fish, one black and one white, formed on the surface of the brick.

The Tai Chi fish swam continuously, then intertwined and entwined together, forming a Tai Chi diagram.

In an instant, the brick emitted a mysterious aura, and a terrifying energy was brewing within it, awaiting the day of its birth.

Before Hao Chen could even feel happy, his brick suddenly shone with divine light, its aura seemingly shaking the past and present.

"Wow~"

Suddenly, the sound of flowing water echoed in the void, followed by the emergence of a mysterious silver river. As the river churned, an immense imperial aura suddenly surged forth, engulfing Hao Chen and his brick directly into it.

Charizard watched all this silently, without stopping it, or rather, without the ability to stop it.

"The Ultimate Path? One day, I'll be able to reach it too." Charizard looked in the direction where Hao Chen disappeared and said silently.

The next moment, a fruit exuding the aura of reincarnation suddenly appeared in front of Charizard, who caught the fruit without hesitation: "Is this the Seed of Reincarnation that Big Brother needs?"

"Yes, it's a pleasure to cooperate." Dark Night, dressed in black, appeared behind the Charizard.

The fire-breathing dragon head didn't even turn around before saying, "You still like to show up behind the scenes so often."

Charizard didn't know much about Dark Night, only that his name was Dark Night and that it was Dark Night who ambushed him, leading to his capture by the Celestial Court.

Dark Night didn't care about what Charizard said; with his strength, he didn't need to care about such things at all.

Dark Night also looked in the direction where Hao Chen disappeared: "Dao Zi, I apologize, but only battle is the best way to grow. Your life is too comfortable now."

Having said that, Dark Night vanished without a word. Only after confirming Dark Night's disappearance did Charizard transform back into its Charmander form with a whoosh, patting its chest: "Phew, that scared me to death! I thought I was going to die this time."

The little dragon looked at the Seed of Reincarnation in its hand, then at the True Dragon Technique in its mind, and said in its heart, "Big brother, don't blame me, it's just that the other party gave too much, and he also guaranteed that you would be fine, after all, I am still here."

At this moment, An Ye arrived at a magnificent golden hall and said to a middle-aged man sitting above him, "Emperor of Time, I'll trouble you to slow down time in Dao Zi's world. I don't want Dao Zi to return to find that a hundred years have passed."

The man known as the Emperor of Time nodded, and then an unfathomable divine power flew from his fingertips and entered the world where Hao Chen was.

In an instant, the whole world seemed to slow down. Upon seeing this, Dark Night exclaimed in surprise, "No wonder he is a descendant of the Heavenly Emperor."

Emperor Time said nothing about this. Although he was only at the fifth level of cultivation, while Dark Night had reached the pinnacle of the eighth level, Emperor Time was not afraid, simply because he had the blood of the Heavenly Emperor flowing in his veins.

The Emperor of Time calmly said, "You are injured."

Upon hearing Emperor Time's words, Dark Night paused for a moment, then said indifferently, "It's just a little hardship. When the Dao Child returns, all the traitors will die."

The Emperor of Time shook his head, not intending to interfere. This was a matter for the temple itself; what he wanted to do was follow in the footsteps of his ancestors and find out the reason for the collapse of the Nine Heavens.

Meanwhile, at the Deer Man Shop, the Xie Zhi encountered his most troublesome opponent, a red-haired, talkative beast—Qiong Qi.